Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

No, I'm not going to say that. I'm going to say Popcorn. Popcorn. You are.

All right. I'm going to say chilly.

All right. I'm going to say chilly.

All right. I'm going to say chilly.

Diana Ross at Marshalls? I'm going with the fanny pack.

Diana Ross at Marshalls? I'm going with the fanny pack.

Diana Ross at Marshalls? I'm going with the fanny pack.

I guess I think there might be some confusion a little bit. At least I'm confused because there's so many lines that this statute could draw the classification.

I guess I think there might be some confusion a little bit. At least I'm confused because there's so many lines that this statute could draw the classification.

And the question for equal protection purposes is, if you are right that there is a sex baseline being drawn, then... to the extent the plaintiffs are implicated by that line, don't we have to apply heightened scrutiny in evaluating their claims?

And the question for equal protection purposes is, if you are right that there is a sex baseline being drawn, then... to the extent the plaintiffs are implicated by that line, don't we have to apply heightened scrutiny in evaluating their claims?

Mr. Rice?

Mr. Rice?

The law imposes an across-the-board rule that allows the use of drugs and surgeries for some medical purposes, but not for others. Its application turns entirely on medical purpose, not a patient's sex. That is not sex discrimination.

The law imposes an across-the-board rule that allows the use of drugs and surgeries for some medical purposes, but not for others. Its application turns entirely on medical purpose, not a patient's sex. That is not sex discrimination.

The Equal Protection Clause does not require the states to blind themselves to medical reality or to treat unlike things the same.

The Equal Protection Clause does not require the states to blind themselves to medical reality or to treat unlike things the same.

So it becomes a pure exercise of weighing benefits versus risk.

So it becomes a pure exercise of weighing benefits versus risk.

We do not agree that the medical condition is the same.